How do you draw a bold line in AutoCAD?

What are alphabet lines?

The lines in the Alphabet of Lines are used to describe shape, size, hidden surfaces, interior detail, and alternate positions of parts. Each conveys a particular meaning on the drawing.

What is default lineweight in AutoCAD?

Default. Controls the DEFAULT lineweight for layers. The initial DEFAULT lineweight is 0.01 inches or 0.25 mm. ( LWDEFAULT system variable)

What is color plot AutoCAD?

With this setting, the object retains its layer or individually set color. If you assign a plot style color, the color overrides the object’s color at plot time. You can specify one of 255 ACI colors, a true color, or a color book color.

What are the 7 types of lines?

There are many types of lines: thick, thin, horizontal, vertical, zigzag, diagonal, curly, curved, spiral, etc. and are often very expressive.

What are the five alphabet lines?

ALPHABET OF LINE

• CONSTRUCTION LINE – Very light and thin line use to construct layout work.
• DIMENSION LINE – Thin and dark lines use to show the size (span) of an object with a numeric value.
• HIDDEN LINE – Short dash lines use to show non visible surfaces.
• CENTRE LINE – Long and short dash lines.

How do I change my default lineweight?

The default lineweight for layers can be defined by setting the layers to BYLAYER or BYBLOCK, or by setting the CELWEIGHT variable so that the default value for the layers is the same as that for LWDEFAULT. Note: Any value greater than 0 sets the lineweight to a new value in millimeters.

What is the thinnest line weight in AutoCAD?

The DEFAULT value is set by the LWDEFAULT system variable, which has an initial value of 0.01 inches or 0.25 mm. All new layers use the default setting. The lineweight value of 0 plots at the thinnest lineweight available on the specified plotting device and is displayed at one pixel wide in model space.

What is the thinnest line in AutoCAD?

Change lineweight to the desired thickness



On the ribbon in AutoCAD, click the Home tab Layers Panel Layer Properties. In the Layer Properties Manager, under the Lineweight column, click the lineweight to change. In the Lineweight dialog window, choose the lineweight to use as the default for objects on that layer.